A POSSIBLE TSUNAMI IN THE LABRADOR SEA RELATED TO THE DRAINAGE OF GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ ~8400 YEARS B.P.

• Main Authors: N. Nirupama, Tad Murty, James T. Teller, P. Chittibabu
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Tsunami Society International 2005
• Subjects: tsunamis; Laurentide Ice Sheet; tsunamis Labrador Sea; glacial lakes; flooding; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Hudson Bay; Mackenzie River; Hudson; Glacial Lake; Hudson Strait; Ice Sheet; Labrador Sea; Mackenzie river
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/11b67b8575b644fa97adde56fa6bc468

For thousands of years, the thick Laurentide Ice Sheet covered a large part of northern North America, damming northward-draining rivers. As this ice retreated, large lakes formed along its margin. Glacial Lake Agassiz was the largest of these ice-marginal lakes, covering an area of >800,000 km2...